Michael Oefelein, MD
Urology · Bakersfield, CANPI 1598873184
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 169 payments — averaging $321.68 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AstraZeneca$50K
- Teleflex LLC$1K
- Coloplast$449
- AbbVie$288
- Axonics, Inc.$269
- Boston Scientific$207
- plus $2K from 30 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3378%
- Food & beverage$3,69988%
- Education$1905%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $50,139 |
| Teleflex LLC | 13 | $1,174 |
| Coloplast | 16 | $449 |
| AbbVie | 16 | $288 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 24 | $269 |
| Boston Scientific | 14 | $207 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 8 | $200 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 9 | $190 |
| Urogen Pharma, Inc. | 6 | $187 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 8 | $131 |
| Dendreon Pharmaceuticals LLC | 7 | $120 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 3 | $114 |
| Smith+Nephew | 5 | $104 |
| Laborie Medical Technologies Corp. | 2 | $101 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 3 | $66 |
| Blue Earth Diagnostics | 2 | $64 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $62 |
| 180 Medical, Inc. | 2 | $55 |
| Acell, Inc. | 2 | $48 |
| Halozyme Inc | 2 | $43 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $38 |
| Travere Therapeutics, Inc. | 6 | $36 |
| KARL Storz Endoscopy-america | 1 | $33 |
| BD | 1 | $28 |
| Conmed Corporation | 1 | $25 |
| Neotract Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $23 |
| Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Photocure Inc | 1 | $21 |
| Accord Healthcare, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Procept Biorobotics Corporation | 1 | $17 |
| SRS Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Bayer | 1 | $16 |
| C. R. Bard, Inc. & Subsidiaries | 1 | $14 |
| Agiliti Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $12 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
- UroLift$931
- Luja Coude$176
- rezum Generator$106
How this compares
$54,365 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 1,324 urology providers in California.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 64 | $33,285 |
| EligardLeuprolide Acetate | 12 | $15,278 |
| Oxybutynin Chloride ErOxybutynin Chloride | 564 | $11,235 |
| XyostedTestosterone Enanthate | 13 | $7,852 |
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 1,049 | $7,609 |
| Potassium Citrate ErPotassium Citrate | 25 | $4,501 |
| Tolterodine Tartrate ErTolterodine Tartrate | 41 | $3,207 |
| Testosterone Cypionate | 91 | $1,667 |
| Estradiol | 29 | $1,601 |
| Finasteride | 168 | $1,354 |
| Bicalutamide | 45 | $998 |
| Alfuzosin Hcl ErAlfuzosin Hcl | 33 | $559 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 112 | $375 |
| Doxazosin Mesylate | 23 | $200 |
| Terazosin Hcl | 19 | $182 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $200 | $33,28564 claims |
| Antares Pharma, Inc.Xyosted | $114 | $7,85213 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 85th percentile of 1,324 urology providers in California.
Other urology in Bakersfield
- Edward UchioOrange$21.1M
- Stephen FreedlandWest Hollywood$16.7M
- Alec KooTorrance$7.4M
- Karim ChamieLos Angeles$4.3M
- Ralph ClaymanOrange$3.9M
- Siamak DaneshmandLos Angeles$3.5M
- Arnold ChinLos Angeles$3.5M
- Roger LiLoma Linda$2.3M
- John KowalczykLos Angeles$1.8M
- Arie BelldegrunLos Angeles$1.8M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.